Project Management Schools In Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has is only one accredited project management school where project management faculty who teach project management classes can find employment. The graphs, statistics and analysis below outline the current state and the future direction of academia in project management in the state of Pennsylvania, which encompasses project management training at the project management masters degree level.
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Professional Trends
Pennsylvania Vs. National Project Management Employment
| Pennsylvania | 79,740 |
| National | 2,266,370 |
Approximately 4% of the country's project management professionals work in Pennsylvania state.
Employment Growth for Project management professionals In Pennsylvania
| 80,580 | 80,160 | 82,870 | 82,280 | 79,740 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
Project Management is a shrinking field in Pennsylvania. In 2010 there were 840 less project management professionals working in Pennsylvania than there were in 2006. Thus, the field of project management has shrunk by 1% in Pennsylvania. This decline is slower than the change in the number of project management professionals around the country. Nationally, the number of project management professionals has shrunk by 3% from 2006 to 2010.
Project Management VS. All Professions salaries in Pennsylvania
| $75,330 | $75,100 | $77,916 | $79,403 | $82,416 |
| $44,448 | $45,778 | $47,594 | $49,448 | $50,581 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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- Light Blue: Project Management
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
The amount earned by project management professionals is increasing in Pennsylvania. The mean salary for project management professionals in 2006 was $75,330 per year. And in 2010 the mean salary was $82,416 per year.
Salary percentiles for Project management professionals in Pennsylvania
10th percentile |
$47,280 |
25th percentile |
$59,064 |
50th percentile |
$76,022 |
75th percentile |
$97,558 |
90th percentile |
$106,511 |
Thus, there was a 9% growth in project management professionals' salaries. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. In the state of Pennsylvania, there is a huge variation in pay, within the field of project management. The pay differential between the highest paid project management professionals and those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket is 125%
Average Salaries for Project management professionals and related professions in Pennsylvania
Business Administration |
$90,807 |
Business Management |
$103,693 |
Project Management |
$82,416 |
Small Business |
$106,180 |
In Pennsylvania, project management professionals earn, on average, less than professionals in related fields.
Educational Trends
Project Management programs available for each degree type for all schools in Pennsylvania
associate |
0 |
bachelor |
0 |
master |
1 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
0 |
| Total | 1 |
As the number of project management professionals is decreasing in Pennsylvania state, the number of students graduating from the only accredited project management school in Pennsylvania state is decreasing. In 2006, 320 students graduated from project management courses in Pennsylvania. And in 2010, 12 students graduated.
There was a decrease in the number of project management school degree or certificate graduates in Pennsylvania by 96%. A majority of these graduates, or 100%, graduated with a master's degree in project management.